Tento autor skúma filozofiu a teóriu kultúry a komunikácie, pričom jeho práca sa zameriava na interdisciplinárnu prax kultúrnych štúdií. Jeho výskum sa pôvodne sústredil na americkú populárnu hudbu a kultúru mládeže, ale v poslednej dobe sa presunul k súčasnej politickej kultúre USA a globálnemu boju o spôsoby modernity. Jeho prístup je hlboko zakorenený v teoretickej reflexii a ponúka prenikavé pohľady na dynamiku súčasnej spoločnosti.
The book explores major theories that have shaped contemporary Western thought, delving into the ideas of influential philosophers such as Kant, Marx, and Heidegger, alongside modern theorists like Foucault, Deleuze, and Hall. It clarifies their key concepts and examines the implications of their theories, offering insights into how these thinkers have contributed to current intellectual discourse and the potential for future exploration in various fields.
Der Reader zeigt mit seinem englischen Titel an, dass er einen Standard bei der Einführung der »Cultural Studies« im deutschen Sprachraum gesetzt hat. Inhalt / Contents Introduction / Einführung Lutz Musner, Gotthart Kulturstudien heute. Eine Gebrauchsanleitung Christina Zur Einrichtung eines Forschungsschwerpunktes Kulturwissenschaften/Cultural Studies Power & Theory Lawrence Globalization and the »Economization« of Cultural Studies Chantal Hegemony, Power and the Political Dimension of Culture Paul On the Necessity and the Impossibility of Being a Black European Beatrice The Violence of Language Memory & History Aleida Cultural Studies and Historical Memorie David Culture, Memory and Metropolitan Modernity Dan From History to Memory - and Back Anson Apocalypse Cultural History Confronts Catastrophe Fifty Years Later Culture & Text Martin Textualising Hermeneutics of Distanciation Renate Kultur-Interpretation. Gebrauch und Mißbrauch der Hermeneutik heute Art & Cultural Analysis Mieke Art, Language, Thought, and Cultural Analysis Today Ernst van Interdisciplinary Cultural Analysis Thinking about Art in History Globalization & Community Ulf Views of Culture in Globalization Studies Wolfgang Transculturality - The Changing Form of Cultures Today Daniel A. Ethnographic Examples, Ethnographic Some Thoughts on the New Cultural Studies and an Old Queer Science James Noisy On Urban Ethics David Bounded Household, Family, Community and Nation Rolf The Imaginary of the City